Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign D Chris Tanev (6 years, $4.5M AAV)

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The leafs always have to give everything, never get a discount. 6 years, 80% signing bonus, and a full NMC the whole way through and still couldn’t get him lower

Glad to have him, but who the f*** is negotiating these contracts

In a vaccum this is a discount. He would have gotten 5.5+ on the open market.

Domi also signed a discount

 

[Sypher04]

Okay, you know what. I’m gonna start by saying glad he’s here. I think he can really help us for the next probably 3 or 4 years

6 years of term at 4.5M AAv is not great at but acceptable enough to get the player.
Giving him basically a buyout proof deal and full NMC however is utter f***ing lunacy and shifts my overall sentiment toward the deal a fair amount.

Did he just not want to be here so we just brute forced the contract to be all the way player friendly to get it done?

If we win in the next 4 years, fine whatever, but right here today this is an ugly contract

 

[Tony Romo]

Shit deal for shit player for the role hes going to play. He isnt a #1RD and cant play 23-24 minutes a year against top competition.

Predict we buy this one out after 3 years. This is a horrific committment that wasnt needed

... he played 22 minutes a game for Dallas in the playoffs against the other teams top players?

 

[Nineteen67]

If he plays 3, or even 4 years, will he be healthy enough to play in all 21 playoff games?

 

[Machinae]

After the playoffs he just had with Dallas, would he not get 6 or higher on a short term UFA contract? This IS a discount, at the cost of going way too long of a term for a player with his injury history and age.

BUT, this is a desperate, desperate defense, that is begging for players of Tanev's caliber. We needed him badly last season, really badly. Rielly - Tanev will be the best pairing we've had since Muzzin - pylon. Our right side PK spot was completely devoid since losing Holl. The fit is immaculate.. at what cost though.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I wanted Tanev and I got him.

He is officially...elite.

 

[robertmac43]

The term is brutal but i guess that's that.

 

[hamzarocks]

This is David Clarkson 2.0

The league is going to change the LTIR rules apparently soon as well

I dont get why chris tanev:

1) needs 6.year term committment whne hes old as shit

2) is a toronto boy, has been linked to us for so long, and apparently wants to play with Rielly due to WCH experience, yer still wants 4.5M

He should have sing 3.25 x 3 and shown hes here to win like Domi.

IF we were giving 4.5M make it on 2 year term for f***s sake

 

[Fogelhund]

Good player, will be the best partner Mo has had with us. I would have hoped that the AAV would have been lower with that term, but I think we will be saying that a lot today.

 

[lowski]

Lol the arm chair GMs today will be insufferable. Are the Leafs better today with him or not? Don't think too hard.

 

[Jozay]

I'd say Domi gave them a discount.





$4.5m for a player of his quality is fine. The term doesn't really matter as they can send him to Robidas Island, he can retire, or whatever.

The term does matter, as it was used to supposedly lower the cap hit.

And Domi’s deal isn’t some sort of steal for the leafs. Get real

 

[CapspaceKiller]

I'll love him for 2 years
He'll be okay for another 1

Those last 3 years are scary.

 

[GrizzGreen]

Drop Treliving into a volcano please and thanks

you people are impossible

 

[Ianturnedbull]

This is David Clarkson 2.0

Not even close.

This is heavy trolling 101.

 

[colchar]

Didn't Tanev and Reilly make a great pairing at the World Championships? Paying $4.5m to recreate that is not a high price.

 

[hamzarocks]

... he played 22 minutes a game for Dallas in the playoffs against the other teams top players?

He usually plays 19-20 mins (past 3 reg seasons) & 21-22 playoffs for the flames

Stars are an elite team top to bottom. He was their 3rd best D after Heiskanen (top 5D in the world) and Harley. He also had Oettinger in net (top 5G)

Leafs have morgan rielly (low end 1D maybe) and Woll (unproven, goalie). He will have worse defensive support and be relied here for more than hes capable of

Didn't Tanev and Reilly make a great pairing at the World Championships? Paying $4.5m to recreate that is not a high price.

That was in 2017

Didn't Tanev and Reilly make a great pairing at the World Championships? Paying $4.5m to recreate that is not a high price.

That was in 2017

 

[Puckstuff]

This is a good deal.

Tanev is the best defensive RD in the entire NHL. He is going to take our blue line to the next level over the next 2-3 years.

If he gets injured/old he will 100 % be LTIR’d. Tre understands how this league works. If you don’t think he’s gone by year 6, you don’t understand how business works. The league will do nothing to stop LTIR. If a guy is not physically able to play there is nothing they can do.

This is a 4 year deal at 4.5 m. Make no mistake about it. This is what was required to keep him from going to Vancouver.

Also, Al Horford just helped Boston win an NBA title at 38. Tanev will win one here younger than that.

 

[Dragao6]

good player, incredibly stupid contract

since he's not 35 yet can't they buy it out at any time??
that's what I get from this contract
love the signing, cap hit abit high only due to the length but eh....finally have a legit top pairing, rielly better step up now, no excuses. this makes both players better

defence is better already

 

[DitchMarner]

I think a lot of people don't get this deal.

It's basically a way of paying a player a good amount of money without having to absorb a cap hit of $5 mil or more per season. He's not going to be playing by the end of this contract.

I'm sure another team would have given him at least $6 mil per season for two or maybe even three seasons. The question is whether he'll be good enough over the next two or three years.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I'll love him for 2 years
He'll be okay for another 1

Those last 3 years are scary.

That's fair.

 

[colchar]

6 years, NMC, buyout-proof bonus-heavy deal. Absolutely brutal.

No, it really isn't.

 

[PromisedLand]

PATHETHIC!

Bad deal IMO

You are STUPID Treliving but at the same time F marner and F tavares the two pieces of trash and their cap hits

 

[TMLeafer]

I don't like the nmc but hopefully there's some handshake agreement to retire a few years early. Or that he lives up to the term.

 

[horner]

Another home town boy takes the Leafs to the cleaners

Is Tanev any better than 20-21 and 21-22 Brodie?

Hes older, more injury prone, and somehow less offensively inclined than Brodie

Our defense in 2021-2022 playoffs had:

Rielly - Lubyuskin (round 1)
Muzzin - Brodie
Giordano (pre fall off) - Holl (pre being pure shit)
Sandin - Lilijgren

The current defense will be worse then that a by lot, and that defense itself wasnt good enough to win come playoffs

He's alot better than Brodie was
He was Dalllas best dman in the playoffs

 

[Dayjobdave]

Glad to have him. The AAV is fine, and well below the level he has played at.

He is, as of today, easily our best defenseman, and he has the skill set to unlock Morgan’s offense. We are a much better team with him in the lineup.

Yay.